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USA 2009: Worst year since 1982, Ford F-Series still #1

January 14th, 2010 Leave a comment Go to comments

Ford F-Series

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One word: dreadful. 2009 is the worst year for car sales since 1982, down 21% on an already timid 2008 at 10.4 million units. In spite of a context extremely unfavourable to petrol-guzzling trucks, the Ford F-Series holds the fort and finishes the year on top for the 28th time in a row with sales down 20% to a mediocre 413,625 units. Its peak happened in December at 48,209 units and the F-Series was #1 ten times out of 12 this year.

Toyota Camry

The Toyota Camry gains one spot to rank #2 overall for the first time in the nameplate’s 27 year history at 356,824 sales, down 18%. Camry sales peaked at 54,396 units in August when it ranked #1 overall for the first time in the US. The Chevrolet Silverado follows at 316,544 units, down 31% and the Toyota Corolla is up 1 spot to #4 with 296,874 sales, down 15%, peaking in August at 43,061 units.

Honda Accord

The Honda Accord is down one place and 22% to #5 and 290,056 sales but managed to lead the overall monthly ranking in April thanks to 29,212 sales. This means in the space of 16 months (May 2008-August 2009), all four best-selling passenger cars – the Camry, Corolla, Accord and Civic – managed to hold the #1 overall monthly spot, something none of them had done ever before in the US.

Lexus RX

The Honda CR-V is up to an outstanding 8th place at 191,214 sales, the Ford Fusion breaks into the year-end US Top 10 at #9, up 8 spots and 22%, peaking at #7 and the Ford Escape is up 5 spots to #11. Notice the Hyundai Sonata up 9 spots to #17, the Hyundai Elantra breaking into the Top 10 for the first time in August and the Lexus RX up 18 spots to #25, the highest year-end position ever achieved by a Lexus model.

Previous year: see the US 2008 post here.

Full Year 2009 Top 100 and every Monthly Ranking Table below.

You can check out each and every Monthly Top 10 here: US 2009 Month by Month

USA 2009:

Pos Model 2009 09/08 2008 Pos
1 Ford F-Series 413,625 -20% 515,513 1
2 Toyota Camry 356,824 -18% 436,617 3
3 Chevrolet Silverado 316,544 -32% 465,065 2
4 Toyota Corolla 296,874 -15% 351,007 5
5 Honda Accord 290,056 -22% 372,789 4
6 Honda Civic 259,722 -23% 339,289 6
7 Nissan Altima 203,568 -25% 269,668 7
8 Honda CR-V 191,214 -3% 197,279 10
9 Ford Fusion 180,671 22% 147,569 17
10 Dodge RAM 177,268 -28% 245,840 9
11 Ford Escape 173,044 11% 156,544 16
12 Chevrolet Impala 165,565 -38% 265,840 8
13 Chevrolet Malibu 161,568 -9% 178,253 13
14 Ford Focus 160,433 -18% 195,823 11
15 Toyota RAV4 149,088 9% 137,020 21
16 Toyota Prius 139,682 -12% 158,884 15
17 Hyundai Sonata 120,028 2% 117,357 26
18 GMC Sierra 111,842 -34% 168,544 14
19 Toyota Tacoma 111,824 -23% 144,655 18
20 VW Jetta 108,427 11% 97,467 34
21 Chevrolet Cobalt 104,724 -44% 188,045 11
22 Hyundai Elantra 103,269 9% 94,720 38
23 Honda Odyssey 100,133 -26% 135,493 22
24 Mazda3 96,466 -12% 109,957 30
25 Lexus RX 93,379 11% 84,181 43
26 Chevrolet Traverse 91,074 n/a n/a n/a
27 BMW 3 Series 90,960 -19% 112,464 28
28 Dodge Caravan 90,666 -27% 123,749 24
29 Ford Edge 88,548 -20% 110,798 29
30 Chevrolet Equinox 86,148 28% 67,447 56
31 Ford Econoline 85,735 -31% 124,596 23
32 Chrysler T&C 84,558 -29% 118,563 25
33 Toyota Sienna 84,064 -27% 115,944 27
34 Honda Pilot 83,901 -13% 96,746 36
35 Toyota Highlander 83,118 -21% 104,661 31
36 Nissan Sentra 82,706 -17% 99,797 33
37 Nissan Versa 82,400 -3% 85,182 41
38 Jeep Wrangler 82,044 -3% 84,615 42
39 Hyundai Santa Fe 80,343 13% 70,994 54
40 Toyota Tundra 79,385 -42% 137,249 20
41 Subaru Forester 77,781 28% 60,748 65
42 Nissan Rogue 77,222 6% 73,053 50
43 Chevrolet Tahoe 73,254 -20% 91,578 39
44 Chevrolet HHR 70,842 -26% 96,053 37
45 Hyundai Accent 68,086 35% 50,431 79
46 Honda Fit 67,315 -16% 79,794 46
47 Toyota Yaris 63,743 -38% 102,328 32
48 Chevrolet Camaro 61,648 n/a n/a n/a
49 Dodge Charger 60,651 -38% 97,367 35
50 Subaru Outback 55,356 25% 44,262 93
51 Toyota Venza 54,410 n/a n/a n/a
52 Chevrolet Express 54,302 -10% 60,427 66
53 Dodge Journey 53,826 14% 47,097 84
54 GMC Acadia 53,820 -19% 66,440 59
55 Nissan Maxima 53,351 13% 47,072 85
56 Nissan Murano 52,546 -26% 71,401 53
57 Mercedes C Class 52,440 -28% 72,471 51
58 Ford Explorer 52,190 -33% 78,439 47
59 Jeep Grand Cherokee 50,328 -32% 73,678 49
60 Lexus ES 48,485 -24% 64,135 62
61 Infiniti G 47,174 -26% 64,181 61
62 Subaru Impreza 46,611 -5% 49,098 81
63 GMC Yukon 46,230 18% 39,064 98
64 Ford Taurus 45,617 -13% 52,667 76
65 Mini 45,225 -16% 54,077 74
66 Jeep Liberty 43,503 -35% 66,911 57
67 Buick Enclave 43,150 -3% 44,706 92
68 Mercedes E Class 43,085 12% 38,576 99
69 Kia Sportage 42,509 30% 32,754 108
70 Chevrolet Suburban 41,055 -24% 54,058 75
71 BMW 5 Series 40,109 -13% 45,915 87
72 Dodge Avenger 38,922 -37% 61,963 64
73 Cadillac CTS 38,817 -34% 58,774 68
74 Ford Flex 38,717 n/a n/a n/a
75 Chrysler 300 38,606 -38% 62,352 63
76 Chevrolet Aveo 38,516 -30% 55,360 70
77 Lexus IS 38,077 -23% 49,432 80
78 Kia Optima 37,527 -16% 44,904 91
79 Audi A4 37,070 -14% 43,343 94
80 Dodge Caliber 36,098 -57% 84,158 44
81 Mazda6 34,866 -34% 52,590 77
82 Kia Rio 34,666 -5% 36,532 101
83 Acura TL 33,620 -28% 46,766 86
84 Ford Crown Victoria 33,255 -32% 48,557 82
85 Chevrolet Colorado 32,413 -40% 54,346 73
86 Ford Expedition 31,655 -43% 55,123 71
87 Kia Soul 31,621 n/a n/a n/a
88 Jeep Patriot 31,432 -44% 55,654 69
89 Buick Lucerne 31,292 -43% 54,930 72
90 Acura MDX 31,178 -31% 45,377 88
91 Subaru Legacy 30,974 -54% 66,876 58
92 Mercury Mariner 28,688 -11% 32,306 109
93 Acura TSX 28,650 -10% 31,998 110
94 Nissan Frontier 28,415 -37% 44,997 90
95 Buick LaCrosse 27,818 -25% 36,873 100
96 Chrysler Sebring 27,460 -62% 71,663 52
97 Mercury Milan 27,403 -13% 31,393 111
98 BMW X5 27,071 n/a n/a n/a
99 Toyota Avalon 26,935 -37% 42,790 95
100 Kia Forte 26,328 n/a n/a n/a
Source: Manufacturers, blogs.cars.com/kickingtires
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